Vanderbilt’s Melodores win singing competition
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With nerves running high and the sounds of groups warming up, Saturday Feb. 8 in the Sandra G Powell Recital Hall parents and fans of a cappella joined together to watch the nine varsity vocal groups compete for a spot at the semi-finals.
From Frozen’s Let It Go, to Eminem and the Backstreet Boys, diverse musical genres were chosen by all groups.
All nine of the groups sang three songs each to show off their skills in front of the judges. The Melodores, Beltones and Gemini Blvd. line ups and songs won over the judges. The Melodores won first place followed by Beltones with second and Gemini Blvd in third.
Not only did they win the competition here, but because The Melodores and The Beltones won first and second place that means they get to move on to the semi-finals at Vanderbilt. Outstanding Solo winner from The Melodores, James McHugh, was extremely happy.
“I’m so excited, and it’s going to be awesome,” said McHugh. “We get to perform for our home audience at Vanderbilt. So that’s going to be a lot of fun!”
The groups in order of how they appeared were our very own female group reVOLution, followed by Haromonic Notion from Vanderbilt, The Melodores from Vanderbilt, Squawkappella from Salisbury University, Gemini Blvd. from the University of Central Florida, The Cleftomaniacs from the University of Maryland, The AcaFelons from Gardner-Webb University, The Beltones from Belmont University and The Stilettos from the University of Maryland.
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Edited by Jessica Carr
